25 years after SilkAir crash: Why mum who lost son on flight never changed her mobile number

Madam Junitha Majeed's son Mohammed Malik was one of the 104 people on SilkAir flight MI185. PHOTOS: ST, THE NEW PAPER FILE
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SINGAPORE - For more than 25 years, Madam Junitha Majeed has kept the same number she has had since digital mobile phone services were introduced in 1994.

It is the number her son, Mr Mohammed Malik, would call to check on her, said Madam Junitha, 69.

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